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  • Page 1

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-91 Information Subject to Change Subchapter 4.7—Disk Arrays 4.7.1—HP StorageWorks Virtual Array 7000 Family : VA7100, VA7110 and VA7410 Introduction The HP StorageWorks VA7000 Family arrays that support MPE/iX include th e VA7100, VA7110 [...]

  • Page 2

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-92 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change RAID 5DP provides superior data redundancy by protect ing against the simultaneous failure of two member disks by using independent error correction schemes. The VA7100 is designed to communicate with multiple h[...]

  • Page 3

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-93 Information Subject to Change The VA7110 is designed to communicate with multiple hosts and multiple systems, otherwise known as heterogeneous support. Any combination of the s upported operating systems—HP-UX, Windows NT, Solaris, AiX, [...]

  • Page 4

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-94 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Both enclosures include dual power suppli es with built-in dual blowers, and accommodate up to 15 lo w-profile 3.5-inch native fibre channel (FC ) disk drives in the front. The controller enclosure al so include[...]

  • Page 5

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-95 Information Subject to Change New Firmw are Revision Code Designation for VA7410 Note : The release firmware for the VA7410 is “A100”. The revision numbering for firmware for the VA7410 has changed. The revisi on numbering now consists[...]

  • Page 6

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-96 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Performance, Throughput and Capacity Item Value Throughput Host Interface VA7100 100 MB/s FC Throughput Host Interface VA7110 200 MB/s FC Throughput Host Interface VA7400 200 MB/s FC Throughput Host Interface VA[...]

  • Page 7

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-97 Information Subject to Change Warranty Included with every VA7000 Family Array: • Warranty: 2-year, 8×5, same-day, 4-hour on-site respons e for hardware with a 2-year 8×5 phone-in assistance, 2-hour response for HP StorageWorks Co mman[...]

  • Page 8

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-98 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Deskside and Racked Product Electrical Specifications (VA7100 only ) Parameter Value Voltage 100-127 and 200-240 VAC (auto-ranging) Frequency 50/60 Hz Current (Maximum) 7.2 Amps RMS (2 power inputs) Inrush Curre[...]

  • Page 9

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-99 Information Subject to Change Environmental Specifications Parameter Operating Range Reco mmended Range Non-Operating Temperature 5° to 35° C (41° to 95° F) 20º to 25.5º C (68º to 78º F) –40° to 70° C (-40° to 158° F) Tempera[...]

  • Page 10

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-100 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Regulatory Compliance Parameter Specification Radiated and Conducted Emissions FCC Class A, EN 55022: 1998, CISPR-22: 1997 Level A, and GB9254: 1998 Immunity EN 55024: 1998/CISPR-24: 1997 Harmonic Current IEC 6[...]

  • Page 11

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-101 Information Subject to Change Figure 4.7.1.4 VA7100—Rear View RS-232 Serial Port AC Po we r Connect io n Fibre Channel Port Array Co ntr oller LEDs Array Co ntr oller Power Supply LEDs Power Supply Figure 4.7.1.5 StorageWorks VA7110—F[...]

  • Page 12

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-102 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Figure 4.7.1.7 StorageWorks DS2405—Rear View Array Control ler Card 2 RS-232 Connecto r Array Control ler LEDs Array Control ler Card 1 Dis k Port s FC Host Po rts FC AC Power Connection Power Modu le 1 Power[...]

  • Page 13

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-103 Information Subject to Change Product Number Option Number Description VA7100 Factory Rack A6261AZ Predefined SKU - VA7100 with Dual Controller, 2 GBICs, 256-MB Cache A6262AZ Predefined SKU - VA7100 with Dual Contro ller, 2 GBICs, 512-MB [...]

  • Page 14

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-104 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change VA7100 Rail Kits The following rail kits are needed to mount the VA7100 into the specific racks as listed. Part Number Description A6209A System/E Rail Kit (RoseBowl 2) A6496A NTRittal Rack rail kit A6244A HP O[...]

  • Page 15

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-105 Information Subject to Change Product Number Option Number Description C7525A 0D1 Fiber Optic Cable 16-meter LC Duplex 50/125 M/M C7526A 0D1 Fiber Optic Cable 50-meter LC Duplex 50/125 M/M C7527A 0D1 Fiber Optic Cable 200-meter LC Duplex [...]

  • Page 16

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-106 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change VA7410 Controller Enclosure Hardw are Ordering Information The following codes define the suffixes on product num bers: A = Field Racked, AE = Empty enclosure (no integration), AZ = Factory Racked. Order drives[...]

  • Page 17

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-107 Information Subject to Change Product Number Option Description C7525A Fiber Optic Cable 162- meters LC Duplex 50/125 M/M C7526A Fiber Optic Cable 502- meters LC Duplex 50/125 M/M C7527A Fiber Optic Cable 2002-meters LC Duplex 50/125 M/M [...]

  • Page 18

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-108 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Disk System Enclosure (DS2405) Hardware Ordering Information Note: The DS2405 cannot be used with the VA7100. The following codes define the suffixes on product num bers: A = Field Racked, AE = Empty enclosure [...]

  • Page 19

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-109 Information Subject to Change VA7000 Family Racking and Rail Kit Options Note : Solution interconnect cabling/ configuration of the A6264A/AZ and A6265A/AZ will be performed by the factory only when specified via Solution Integration Serv[...]

  • Page 20

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-110 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Direct (Enterprise) CATS and Options 1 Indirect (Commercial) Support Packs 1 VA Hardware Universal Product Numbers Description 1-, 2-, and 3-year Support: SD, 24×7, SCS, BCS Installation and Start-Up (H4726A) [...]

  • Page 21

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-111 Information Subject to Change Hardw are and Softw are—Additional Recommended Services • TAS—H4399A/H4399J/H4399Y • SAN Implementation Service for SAN envi ronments—H9273A option 380, 381 • Additional Day ASE Time—H9273A opti[...]

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    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-112 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change In a dual controller configuration, both controllers must have the same amount of cache memory as the contents of NVRAM are mirrored between the two cont rollers. This mirroring process insures that both contro[...]

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    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-113 Information Subject to Change The disk drives provide the storage medi um for the disk array. A minimum of four disk modules is required to operate the disk array. Different capaci ty disk modules can be installed in the same array. A new[...]

  • Page 24

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-114 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Capacity Table (GB) 1 GB =1,000,000,000 or (10) 9 for RA ID 1+0 Drive size (GB) 36 GB 36 GB 73 GB 73 GB Hot Spares 2 0 2 0 Number of drives Maximum usable capacity in GB Maximum usable capacity in GB Maximum us[...]

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    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-115 Information Subject to Change Estimated Usable Capacity for RAID 1+0—VA7110 This table lists the usabl e drive capacity, expressed in Gigabytes (GB), of the VA7110 wi th 36-, 73-, and 146-GB drives with or without th e use of hot spare [...]

  • Page 26

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-116 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change GBIC (VA7100 only) A Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) is connected to each array controller as a transceiver for data and to convert the data from an optical signal to an electri cal signal and vice versa. Ea[...]

  • Page 27

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-117 Information Subject to Change Array Logs The array logs consist of the following control ler logs: • Events − Errors − Unexpected conditions − Configuration changes − Environmental changes • Fibre Channel Port Statistics − H[...]

  • Page 28

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-118 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Supported Hardware Devices For the latest configuration information, please refer to the SPOCK website (internal) or the Partnership Website (external): Spock Website: • For VA7100 array: http://xpslpgrms.cor[...]

  • Page 29

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-119 Information Subject to Change Sw itch Support For the latest AutoPath support and configuration informat ion, please refer to the SPOCK website (internal) or the Partnership Website (external): Spock Website: • For VA7100 array: http://[...]

  • Page 30

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-120 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Configuration Front End and Back End Cabling Both front-end and back-end cables are Fibre Channel Optical cables. Figure 4.7.10.8 VA7110 Back End Cabling (Serial Connections) PORT 0 PORT 1 ADDRESS 4 3 2 1 0 6 5[...]

  • Page 31

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-121 Information Subject to Change Long-Distance Configurations (Not supported on MPE/iX) Long-distance topologies are part of the supported config urations, but may not specifically be represented in this document. Long-distance scenarios may[...]

  • Page 32

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-122 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Figure 4.7.1.11 Lowest Entry Point (Minimum Configuration) MPE • No Mult i-Path dr iver requir ed • No hub or switch requir ed • Windows/HP-UX /Linux and MPE suppo rted • MPE requires M anagement St ati[...]

  • Page 33

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-123 Information Subject to Change Figure 4.7.1.14 Midrange Single-host with Failover/iX (unsupported for VA7100) • Dual HBA • Dual control lers • Dual switches recommend ed • MPE Failover/iX re quired (unsupported for VA7100) • Redu[...]

  • Page 34

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-124 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change SAN Configurations Figure 4.7.1.17 Midrange Multi-host (Non-clustered) SAN with Optional Path Redundancy MPE VA71x0 Array Controller 1 Controller 2 Switch Switch MPE • Dual HBA • Dual control lers • Dual [...]

  • Page 35

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-125 Information Subject to Change Figure 4.7.1.19 MPE/iX SAN Cluster MPE Switch Switch MPE • Dual HBA • Dual control lers • Dual switches • MPE Cluster/iX requ ired (unsupported on V A7100) • Management St ation required • If SCSI[...]

  • Page 36

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-126 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Figure 4.7.1.21 SAN Consolidation HP-UX Server HP-UX Server MPE Server MPE Server Switch Switch • Requires LUN Secur ity • Single or Dual HBA • Controllers setup with appropriate pers onalities (not suppo[...]

  • Page 37

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-127 Information Subject to Change Software Product Descriptions Softw are Products Reference Chart The following table lists the software products availabl e for the VA7000 Family. These products are described in detail later in this section.[...]

  • Page 38

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-128 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change HP StorageWorks Command View SDM Softw are The HP StorageWorks Command View SDM software is a host or Web- browser based device management application that provides a common user inte rface for modular networke[...]

  • Page 39

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-129 Information Subject to Change The VA7x00 family system encompasses all the component s within the controller chassis as well as the disks and their enclosures. The VA7x00 family Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides capabilities to retr[...]

  • Page 40

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-130 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change HP StorageWorks Integrations Pack HP StorageWorks Integrations Pack provide customer s wi th a basic level of integration between HP StorageWorks Command View SDM and the leading network and systems management [...]

  • Page 41

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-131 Information Subject to Change HP StorageWorks Business Copy VA HP StorageWorks Business Copy VA is an array-based software product that allows customers to create up to 1023 non-disruptive high-perform ance, local business copies of any a[...]

  • Page 42

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-132 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change HP StorageWorks Business Copy VA Frequently Asked Questions What is included with HP StorageWorks Business Copy VA Software Media Kit? Each HP StorageWorks Business Copy VA software medi a kit includes: • Sof[...]

  • Page 43

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-133 Information Subject to Change HP StorageWorks Secure Manager VA Operating Systems Compatibility HP StorageWorks Secure Manager VA runs with HP StorageWorks Command View SDM. For operati ng system compatibility, please see “Supported Ope[...]

  • Page 44

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-134 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Note : If a customer has met or is near the VA performan ce threshold, it is possible that high I/O demand (at 90% or greater of the VA threshold) may cau se a performance degradation when running in a load- ba[...]

  • Page 45

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-135 Information Subject to Change What environments are available for HP StorageWorks Auto Path on the VA? HP StorageWorks Auto Path has planned availability of Windows 2000, Windows NT, and HP-UX with Red Hat Linux planned for future availab[...]

  • Page 46

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-136 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Product Number Option Description H4403J/H4405J Two (2) year software support H4405Y Three (3) ye ar software support H4726A Software enablement, installati on and customer demonstration service T1005A HP Stora[...]

  • Page 47

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-137 Information Subject to Change Product Number Option Description H4726A Software enablement, installati on and customer demonstration service T1039A HP StorageWorks Auto Path for Windows NT 4.0 Software Media Kit and 1 Host License To Use [...]

  • Page 48

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories 4-138 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Gui de – Effective 1/04 Information Subject to Change Product Number Option Description warranty option required H4403A/H4405A One (1) year software support H4403J/H4405J Two (2) year software support H4405Y Three (3) ye ar software support H4726A Software enablem[...]

  • Page 49

    Chapter 4 Peripherals and Accessories HP e3000 Bus iness Servers Configuration Guide – E ffective 1/ 04 4-139 Information Subject to Change Glossary Abbreviation Description Bps Bits per second BE Back End CLUI Command Line User Interface Cluster For the purposes of this document, a cluster is a confi guration using two or more ser vers with fail[...]